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Mr. Thomas Alan James, also known as Tom, J.D., Esq., serves as Chief Executive Officer at Raymond James & Associates, Asset Management Arm. Mr. James has been Chief Executive Officer of Raymond James and Associates Inc., since 1969 and serves as its Chairman. Mr. James served as the Chief Executive Officer of Raymond James Financial Inc. from 1970 to 2010. Mr. James served as President of the Florida Security Dealers Association. Mr. James has been Chairman of Eagle ... Asset Management Inc. since 1984. Mr. James serves as the President and a Member of the Board of Trustees at The Salvador Dali Museum. He has been an Executive Chairman of Raymond James Financial Inc. since 1983. He served as Chairman of Heritage Family of Mutual Funds, Raymond James Bank, FSB until April 2007 and also Raymond James & Associates FSB. He served as Chairman of the Securities Industry Association. Mr. James also served as the Chairman of both the Southern District of the SIA and the District 7 Business Conduct Committee of the National Association of Securities Dealers. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Heritage Series Trust - Mid Cap Stock Fund since June 1985. He served as the Chairman of the Board and trustee of Eagle Series Trust Mid Cap Growth Fund since 1985. He served as the Chairman of the Florida Council of Economic Education. In addition, Mr. James has been an active participant with the United Way of Tampa Bay and serves as Founding Chairman and Director of the organization's Alexis de Tocqueville Society and the 1995 Pinellas County campaign. Mr. James serves as Board Member of the Florida Council of 100. Mr. James has been a Director of Raymond James Financial Inc., since 1963. He has been Director of Sunstyle Corp. since 1988. Mr. James serves as a Director of Dean's Advisors at Harvard Business School, as well as International Tennis Hall of Fame and the Chi Chi Rodriguez Foundation. Mr. James has been a Director of Outback Steakhouse Inc. since 2002. He serves as Director of Raymond James & Associates Inc. He serves as Director at Raymond James & Associates, Asset Management Arm. He serves as a Director of Comprehensive Software Systems, Inc., Imco Recycling, Inc., Cora Health Services, Eagle Asset Management, Inc., and Awad Asset Management, Inc. He has been a Trustee of Heritage Series Trust - Mid Cap Stock Fund since June 1985. He has been a Trustee of Heritage Growth and Income Trust and Heritage Capital Appreciation Trust since 1985. He served as a Trustee of Heritage Series Trust - Small Cap Stock Fund. He served as a Director of World of Science. He has served as a Trustee of Eagle Series Trust - Eagle International Equity Fund (Heritage Series Trust - International Equity Fund) since 1985. He served as a Director of Tandem Health Care of Florida, LLC. Mr. James served as a Director of numerous other public corporations and Raymond James Bank, FSB. He served as a Director of OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc. since 2002. Mr. James served on the Regional Firms Committee and the Nominating Committee of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Mr. James holds a J.D. degree from Stetson College of Law and passed the Certified Financial Planner exam in 1978. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College in 1964 and from Harvard Business School in 1966, where he was a Baker Scholar and graduated with high distinction.

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